Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics

Micro-concentrator solar cells offer an attractive way to further enhance the efficiency of planar-cell technologies while saving absorber material. Here, two laser-based bottom-up processes for the fabrication of regular arrays of CuInSe(2) and Cu(In,Ga)Se(2) microabsorber islands are presented, na...

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Autores principales: Ringleb, Franziska, Andree, Stefan, Heidmann, Berit, Bonse, Jörn, Eylers, Katharina, Ernst, Owen, Boeck, Torsten, Schmid, Martina, Krüger, Jörg
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Publicado: Beilstein-Institut 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6296429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30591850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.281
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author Ringleb, Franziska
Andree, Stefan
Heidmann, Berit
Bonse, Jörn
Eylers, Katharina
Ernst, Owen
Boeck, Torsten
Schmid, Martina
Krüger, Jörg
author_facet Ringleb, Franziska
Andree, Stefan
Heidmann, Berit
Bonse, Jörn
Eylers, Katharina
Ernst, Owen
Boeck, Torsten
Schmid, Martina
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description Micro-concentrator solar cells offer an attractive way to further enhance the efficiency of planar-cell technologies while saving absorber material. Here, two laser-based bottom-up processes for the fabrication of regular arrays of CuInSe(2) and Cu(In,Ga)Se(2) microabsorber islands are presented, namely one approach based on nucleation and one based on laser-induced forward transfer. Additionally, a procedure for processing these microabsorbers to functioning micro solar cells connected in parallel is demonstrated. The resulting cells show up to 2.9% efficiency and a significant efficiency enhancement under concentrated illumination.
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spelling pubmed-62964292018-12-27 Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics Ringleb, Franziska Andree, Stefan Heidmann, Berit Bonse, Jörn Eylers, Katharina Ernst, Owen Boeck, Torsten Schmid, Martina Krüger, Jörg Beilstein J Nanotechnol Review Micro-concentrator solar cells offer an attractive way to further enhance the efficiency of planar-cell technologies while saving absorber material. Here, two laser-based bottom-up processes for the fabrication of regular arrays of CuInSe(2) and Cu(In,Ga)Se(2) microabsorber islands are presented, namely one approach based on nucleation and one based on laser-induced forward transfer. Additionally, a procedure for processing these microabsorbers to functioning micro solar cells connected in parallel is demonstrated. The resulting cells show up to 2.9% efficiency and a significant efficiency enhancement under concentrated illumination. Beilstein-Institut 2018-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6296429/ /pubmed/30591850 http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.281 Text en Copyright © 2018, Ringleb et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/termsThis is an Open Access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). Please note that the reuse, redistribution and reproduction in particular requires that the authors and source are credited. The license is subject to the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology terms and conditions: (https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/terms)
spellingShingle Review
Ringleb, Franziska
Andree, Stefan
Heidmann, Berit
Bonse, Jörn
Eylers, Katharina
Ernst, Owen
Boeck, Torsten
Schmid, Martina
Krüger, Jörg
Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics
title Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics
title_full Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics
title_fullStr Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics
title_full_unstemmed Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics
title_short Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics
title_sort femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6296429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30591850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.281
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